1707 Chantal

1707 Chantal

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	E. Delporte
Discovery site	Uccle—Belgium
Discovery date	8 September 1932
Designations
MPC designation	1707 Chantal
Named after	niece of astronomer Georges Roland[2]
Alternative names	1932 RL · 1942 TC 1950 BF1 · 1955 QA1 A906 YJ
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	109.24 yr (39901 days)
Aphelion	2.5966 AU (388.45 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8414 AU (275.47 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.2190 AU (331.96 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.17018
Orbital period	3.31 yr (1207.4 d)
Mean anomaly	40.372°
Mean motion	0° 17^m 53.412^s / day
Inclination	4.0340°
Longitude of ascending node	6.1361°
Argument of perihelion	42.778°
Earth MOID	0.852414 AU (127.5193 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.78692 AU (416.917 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.629
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	10 h (0.42 d)
Spectral type	B–V = 0.870 U–B = 0.530 Tholen = S
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.54

1707 Chantal, provisional designation 1932 RL, is a stony main-belt asteroid discovered by Eugène Delporte at Royal Observatory of Belgium on 8 September 1932. The S-type asteroid appears to have a long rotation period of at least 10 hours.^[1]

It was named in honor of a niece of Georges Roland (1922–1991), Belgian astronomer at of Uccle^[2] and co-discoverer of the comet Arend-Roland.

See also

• Comet Arend–Roland

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1707 Chantal (1932 RL)" (2015-09-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1707) Chantal. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

• Lagerkvist, C.-I. (1978) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 31, 361-381.

External links

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• 1707 Chantal at the JPL Small-Body Database
  
  • Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters